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The Debate

This multi channel campaign was created to encourage discussion and debate amongst senior clinicians about the appropriate use of red blood cell transfusions.

You are invited to openly discuss your thoughts on a suite of blood management issues and consider opinions that may differ to your own.

We encourage you to share your thoughts, make comments based on the evidence presented, impart your own experiences to others, or even disagree with what you read and see! Your contributions can be anonymous, and we invite you to return to the debate regularly to keep up to date with what your peers are thinking and practicing.

Please click on a topic to join another debate:

  • Inappropriate red cell transfusion [22]
  • Dosage - 1 v 2 units [10]
  • Infection & Transfusion [6]
  • True cost of blood [5]
  • Pre-operative assessment and measures [6]
  • Intra-operative management [6]
  • What is Patient Blood Management? [8]

Disclaimer: Provision of education and research information only - always seek professional advice. This material is general in nature. It is made available on the understanding that the CEC and National Blood Authority is not engaged in rendering professional advice. Before relying on the material included here for diagnosis, please carefully evaluate its currency, completeness and relevance for each purposes and obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to each particular circumstance. In some cases the material may incorporate or summarise views, guidelines or recommendations of third parties. Such material is assembled in good faith, but does not necessarily reflect the considered views of the CEC or the National Blood Authority, or indicate a commitment to a particular course of action. Links to other web sites are inserted for convenience and do not constitute endorsement of material at those sites, or any associated organisation, product or service.